What You Can Do

Support small farms and local economies by shopping with an agenda:

+Clip the "8 Simple Steps to the New Green Diet" from this issue and put on your refrigerator. Take it shopping with you.

+Demand labeling of bioengineered foods.

+Buy food products that directly support indigenous peoples' seed saving networks, such as Native Seeds/SEARCH, 520/622-5561, www.nativeseeds.org, and from companies like Seeds of Change, 888/762-7333, www.seedsofchange.com, that promote food diversity.

Resources:

Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply, by Vandana Shiva (South End Press, 2000, $14.00).

Nature's Cornucopia: Our Stake In Plant Diversity, by John Tuxill, Worldwatch Paper 148 (Sept. 1999), 800/555-2028, www.worldwatch.org. RAFI, www.rafi.org.